Blood Red: Neil Warnock’s bleating about Liverpool FC cuts no ice

NEIL WARNOCK just can’t let it go. The QPR boss returns to Anfield to face Liverpool today for the first time since he bizarrely blamed the Reds for the relegation of his Sheffield United side in 2007.

NEIL WARNOCK just can’t let it go. The QPR boss returns to Anfield to face Liverpool today for the first time since he bizarrely blamed the Reds for the relegation of his Sheffield United side in 2007.

Warnock still maintains that the weakened side Rafa Benitez fielded in a 1-0 defeat to Fulham ahead of the Champions League final in Athens cost the Blades their top flight status.

He said: “I thought about it again when I saw them lose at Fulham the other night. The team Benitez put out four years ago was a disgrace and you can’t ever forget anything like that.

“I love Liverpool the club and their manager Kenny Dalglish, they are going to be a real force over the next few years, but I think even their fans were disgusted with what happened. It will always be there in my mind and I will always be bitter about it.”

Just for the record the team Benitez fielded against Fulham was: Reina, Arbeloa, Hyypia, Paletta, Insua, Gonzalez, Alonso, Pennant, Sissoko, Fowler, Bellamy.

A week later Sheffield United were relegated on goal difference after finishing level on points with Wigan, who they lost to at home on the final day – something Warnock has conveniently forgotten about.